Biography

Yvonne Vaughn, 10 November 1949, Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA. Fargo is the daughter of a tobacco farmer, and she sang in church as a child. She became a schoolteacher and was discovered by her future husband, record producer Stan Silver, singing in a club in Los Angeles. She first recorded in 1969, but her success started once she had signed with Dot Records in 1971. She won gold records for her compositions The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. (number 11 US pop charts, number 1 country) and Funny Face (number 5 pop, number 1 country), which was Silvers nickname for her (she called him fuzzy face because of his beard). In 1973 she had country hits with more of her own songs - Superman, You Were Always There, a tribute to her late mother (both number 1), and Little Girl Gone (number 2). In 1974 she topped the country charts again, this time with Marty Coopers gospel song...